In this clip from Makin Sense Frans Cronje says that the broad acceptance of a turn away from BEE policy was one of the most significant developments of 2026. James Myburgh says that the pressure Trump placed on South Africa caught the ANC largely off guard and was so at odds with how Western nations had traditionally dealt with South Africa that it served as a very useful means of moderating that party's revolutionary ideas. Richard Tren follows up to say that Trump has on a range of issues been very effective saying "the emperor as no clothes".